Sophia Hawker Class: Senior Hometown: San Diego High School: Grossmont High School Height: 5-5

1999 (junior): Became the first Aztec to qualify for the NCAA Championships in 18 years where she finished 131st out of 250 runners in 18:11...Ran a personal best of 17:57 at the NCAA Regionals in Oregon...Qualified for national championships with an at-large bid after finishing 24th out of 196 runners at regionals...Was 16th at the Mountain West Conference Championships where she ran a time of 18:36 at elevation in Provo, Utah... Ran nine of the Aztecs' 10 best times...Was the first Aztec to cross the finish line in every event this season...Finished ninth or better overall in three different meets...Highest finish of the season was third out of 69 competitors at the Hawai'i Invitational...Crossed the finish line eighth out of 214 at the UCSD Invitational... Named the Mountain West Conference cross country athlete of the week after her performance at UCSD...Opened the season with a ninth-place finish at Fullerton...Was the varsity squad's captain...Named team MVP at the end of the season.

1998 (sophomore): Recorded top six times on the team...Overcame a mid-season injury to finish 19th at the Western Athletic Conference championships with a time of 18:27...Her best finish of year came at the Fullerton Invitational, where her time of 18:11 earned her fourth place out of 115 runners.

1997 (freshman): Finished 16th at the Fullerton Invitational with a time of 18:47...Recorded a time of 18:50 at Irvine.

High School: Was all-North Grossmont League in cross country for three years at Grossmont High School...Earned all-CIF honors her senior year...Listed as a Union-Tribune Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Born Sophia Nicole Hawker on Sept. 29, 1979, in San Diego...Parents are Robert and Maria Hawker...Majoring in biology with plans to become a marine biologist.